DICLINIA AMENTACEiB. PopuluS. Sl^ 



not been observed in any part of North America 



growing wild. 

 5. P. foliis rhomboideis promisse acuminatrs circumcirca letulifoLia, 



dentatis glabris, ramvilis junioribus pilosis. 

 P. hudsonica. Mich. arb. 3. p. 293, t. 10,/. 1. 

 P. nigra. Mich.Ji. amer. 2 p. 244. 

 On the Hudson- or North-river, and about Lake Onta- 

 rio, V? , March, v. v. From thirty to forty feet 



high ; petioles and young branches yellow, 

 0. P. foliis subrotundo-ovatis acutis inaequaliter sinuato- gr undid enta- 



grandi-dentatis glabris, junioribus villosis, petiolis su- ta. 



perne compressis. — Mich.Ji. amer. 2. p. 243. 

 In Canada. ^2 • April, v. v. From forty to fifty feet 



high. 



7, P. foliis subrotundo-ovatis deltoideis acuminatis subcor- laevigata. 



datis inaequaliter serratis glabris basi glandulosis, petio- 

 lis compressis, rarais junioribus angulatis. — Willd. sp. 

 pi. 4. p. 803. 



P, canadensis. Mich. arb. 3. p. 298. /.11. 



In high rocky situations : Canada to Virginia, and about 

 the Western lakes. Tj . March, v. v. From seventy 

 to eighty feet high. In Virginia it is called Cotton 

 Tree. 



8, P. foliis ovato-deltoideis acuminatis obtuse uncinato- angulata. 



dentatis glabris, junioribus amplissimis cordatis, ramis 



alato-angulosis. — IFilld. sp. pi 4. p 805. 

 P. heterophylla. Du Rni.harbk. % p. 150. 

 P. basamifera. Mill. diet. n. 5. 

 Icon. Mich. arb. 3 p. 302. /. 12. 

 In morasses, on the banks of rivers : Virginia to Florida, 



and on the Mississippi. T2 * April, v. v. About 



eighty feet high ; leaves very large ; branches brittle. 



It is known by the name of Mississippi Cotton Tree. 



9, P. foliis subrotundo-ovatis sinu parvo cordatis subauricu- heterophylla. 



latis obtusis uncinato-dentatis, junioribus tomentosis. 

 Willd.sp.pl. 4. p. 8O6. 



Icon. Mich. arb. 3. p. 2gO. t. 9. Duhum. arb. ed. nov. 2. 

 i. 51. 



In swamps : New York to Carolina, and on the western 

 rivers. Fj . May. v. v. About seventy or eighty 

 feet high, 'The leaves are on their base, properly speak- 

 ing, more auriculaled than cordated. 



